WALL OF SMOKE: A man tried to extinguish a fire in Sabah, Malaysia, Monday. Hundreds were left homeless, but no casualties were immediately reported. (Xinhua/Zuma Press)

WAITING FOR WORK: People waited outside an unemployment office in Madrid Tuesday. There are nearly 4.7 million unemployed people in Spain, according to government figures. (Arturo Rodriguez/Associated Press)

IN MOURNING: Mourners attended the funeral of Hameeda Barmaki, a professor at Kabul University and child-rights activist, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday. Ms. Barmaki, her husband and four of their children were killed when Taliban militants attacked a grocery store last week. (S. Sabawoon/European Pressphoto Agency)

IN THE GAME: U.S. Marines played basketball at a base in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, Tuesday. (Dmitry Kostyukov/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)

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